Cover for ironing-boards.



No. 876,410. PATBNTED JAN. 14, 1908. B. STONE.

COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.23.1906.

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E. STONE.

COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FI LED MAR.23.1906.

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22 2s Wei/Zen es 6 EDWARD STONE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Speeinuation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908 Application 516d March 28. mos. Serial No.397.613.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD STONE, citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Ironing-Boards, ofwhich the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for covering ironingboards.

The especial object of the improvements which form the subject matter ofthis application is to provide a cloth cover that may be quickly andeasily applied to an ironing board of ordinary construction; that may beevenly stretched on the board so as'to avoid wrinkles; that may be heldunder uniform tension along the edges of the board and that may bereadily removed from the board.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application Ihave shown various modifications of the principles embodied in myinvention in the following views Figure 1 is an elevation-of an ironingboard showing a cover attached thereto by means embodying my invention;Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l'showing a modification of I the coverattaching means shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing other modifications; Fi 4 is anelevation of the re verse side 0 an ironmg board showing the means forsecuring the ends of the cover to the board; Fi s. 5 and 6 are detailsof the stretching ro s which form an important feature of my invention;Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing a stretching rod in connection withpins secured in the under side of the board; Fig. 8 shows a modifiedform of stretchin rod;,Figs. 9 and 10 are fragmentary deta1 s ofstretching rods made according to my invention; Fig. 11 is a view incross section of an ironing board showing means for attaching thestretching rod; Fig. 12 is a detail of a connecting device wvhich may beused in lieu of lacing cords;

Figs. 13, 14, 15, and 16, show different modifications of stretchingrods and attaching devices Fig. 17 is a detail of a modified form ofstretching rod; Fig. 18 is a fragmentary view showing a stretching rodin combination with eyelets formed in the cover;

Fig. 19 is a detail of the cover end securing device sli htly modifiedfrom the form shown in I ig. 4; Figs. 20 and 21 are details of a devicefor facilitating the lacing operation in connection with my stretchingrods and attachments.

The board 22 is ofthe well known tapered form having rounded ends andflat on both sides. The cloth cover 23 which is applied .to the boardmay be used alone, or in conends of the rods being preferab y turnedover as at 27 to protect the cover from the oints which would otherwise,project throu and to facilitate the removal of the r0 s. As shown in.Fig. 1, the stretching rod is formed from a wire rod of sufficientstiffness to hold the cloth cover under the necessary tension, and atthe same time sufficiently ductile to permit of bending to form loops'26which are so placed on the bar as to roject through the holes 28 in thehems. W en the rods are inserted in the pockets the loops 26 projectingfrom the holes 28, will lie ilat against the under side of the boardwhen the edges of the cover have been drawn together by the lacing cord29 which is interlaced through the 100 s 26, and when properly drawn soas to ho d the cover smoothly on the board, the cords are tied in a knotas 30. To facilitate lacing the cord through the eyes it is providedwith the usual metal tips 31 similar to those used on corset and shoelaces. In lieu of the loops 26, the rods may be bent to form hooks 32(Figs. 2, 6) in which case, the hooks will project through the holes 28with their points downward so as to provide against catchin on articlesplaced over the ironing boar when in use. The lacing cord is interlacedon the hooks in the same manner as with the loops above referred to.Instead of connecting the loops together by lacing cords I may fix inthe under side of the board hooks as 33 or pins as 34 (see Figs. 3, 11and 14) in which case, the loops 26 will be placed over the hooks orpins.

To secure the ends of the cover to the board, I use either of thedevices shown in Figs. 4 and 19. The device at the right hand of Fig. 4,consists of an eyelet 38, formed with a key hole slot, which is securedat the a ex of a triangular extension 23 secured to t e correspondingend of the cover. I ThlS eyelet is connected with a pin 34 inserted inthe upper side of the board near one end.

The opposite end of the cover is provided with two similar eyelets 38adapted to engage similar pins 34, and may also be equipped with aholding device 39 formed of a-piece of wire bent to form a loop whichprojects through a suitable openingin the hem of the cover and adaptedto engage a pin 34, or the bar 40 having eyelet 41, shown in Fig. 19.

As shown in Fig. 7, the stretching rod is made without loops, hooks orother bent port Fig. 9 the hooks being bent to lie in the same lane withthe rod, and the hooks in Fig. 10

eing bent to project at an angle to the rod. As shown in Figs. 12 and16,, I maysecure the opposite straight rods together by transverse wirebars 42 having hooks on their opposite ends and made in differentlengths so as to be adapted to, the diiferent widths of the board, andthus permit the cover to be made tapering as when used with the otherattachments.

In Figs. 13 and 17 I have shown the use of eyelets 43 secured on thestraight rod and adapted to engage the pins 34 set in the un der side ofthe board.

In Fig. 14, I have shown the combination of a straight rod with hooks 33secured in the under side of the board.

In Fig. 18, I'have shown gromets 44secured in the hems at the rear ofthe rods 25,

and adapted to engage either the hooks 33 or the ins 34.

T e device 45 shown in Fi s. 20 and 2 1, is

for the purpose of holding t e rods so that" the loops 26 will stand atan angle to the board and thus facilitate the lacing operation, andafter such operation this device is removed. The holder 45 is made ofwire bent or crimped near its ends as at 46, 47, and the loo s fitbetween the crimps.

Having t we described my invention, what I claim as new, is

1. In means for covering ironing boards, a cloth cover adapted to beplaced around a board and having open end hems along its edges and holesformed in said hems at spaced intervals, rods removably arranged in saidhems, fastening devices integral with said rods and exposed at saidopenings,

means detachably engaging said fastening devices to hold, said rodsunder tension, and means for stretching and l'iolding under tension theends of said covers.

2. 'In means for covering ironing boards, a cover adapted to he placedaround a board and having open end hems along its edges and holes formedin said hems at spaced intervals, rods removably arranged in said hems,said rods having loops formed. integral therewith and projecting throughsaid open ings, and means detachably engaging said loops to hold saidrods under tension.

In testimony whereof Laffixiny signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD STONE.

Witnesses:

C. F. BASSETT, GEO. L. PATTERSON.

